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msmemory_archive) wrote2008-09-02 09:25 am
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Sarah, Trig, and Bristol
In the last week, I have gone from snickering at John McCain's choice for veep, to wondering whether he actually intends to keep her. What if she demurely says "Under the circumstances, Mr. McCain, I feel I can no longer stand as this party's nominee for vice president."
He gets the points for suggesting a conservative and a woman. She gets press. Then he can go back to a secret Plan A and choose another old white guy, during the convention, and claim it's all to mend things up. He can back away from the baby scandals and the brother-in-law and the polar bears, and pick a less-Right guy more like himself, having "shown" that he supports women in high office.
He gets the points for suggesting a conservative and a woman. She gets press. Then he can go back to a secret Plan A and choose another old white guy, during the convention, and claim it's all to mend things up. He can back away from the baby scandals and the brother-in-law and the polar bears, and pick a less-Right guy more like himself, having "shown" that he supports women in high office.
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And lemme tell you, I don't think the McCain campaign met THAT mark with Palin, of bringing in someone you can be a fan of even if you won't vote for her. Cuz sheeeeez!
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Palin might be, or she might be the poster child for the Religious Right that she is being painted. Too soon to tell. She does seem to be a bit unsophisticated in her thinking, but that's a bare first impression.